“an image (i.e. for worship); by implication, a heathen god, or (plural) the worship of such”
Definition
Strong’s Definition
an image (i.e. for worship); by implication, a heathen god, or (plural) the worship of such
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
pr. a form, shape, figure; image or statue; hence, an idol, image of a god, Acts 7:41; a heathen god, 1 Cor. 8:4, 7; for εἰδωλόθυτον, the flesh of victims sacrificed to idols, Acts 15:20; Rom. 2:22; 1 Cor. 10:19; 12:12; 2 Cor. 6:16; 1 Thess. 1:9; 1 Jn. 5:21; Rev. 9:20*
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Etymology
from G1491 (εἶδος);
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“But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.”